No its not hard , if you play 1 week , you make 43-46 , and about the items : the game is made so items 45- will drop easy and fast , but from 45+ ( the new items) will drop hard and will be a realy chalnge to find good itemswell i was told 1st day server went online was xp event y people got 40 the server has onle just come online on lomcn so when i ask TzuTzi how she new about server she told me friends told me so blats the GM put server online for mouth onle ppl who new about it was his friends so thay could get a heads up on ever 1! that wil make alot people not join for the fact its just alot off work to catch up!